Head of Student Sport

2 weeks ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Newcastle University Full time

Organisation Newcastle University Salary Salary: £56,021 to £59,421 with progression to £64,914 per annum Location Newcastle upon Tyne Contract type (Full time) Closing date 19 May 2024 Interview date 28 May 2024 Job Description Salary: £56,021 to £59,421 with progression to £64,914 per annum
Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
We are delighted to open applications for this new opportunity to join us as our Head of Student Sport.
To lead the strategic development, management and implementation of the University’s extensive student sport programme and deliver a sector leading student sporting experience across a single sporting pathway from participation to performance.
You will have the unique opportunity to focus on student competitive sport, through sport clubs, development and performance pathways and shape the future of such an important part of the Newcastle student journey. You will have the chance to bring your experience and expertise to best support the optimisation of our resources and genuine commitment to fulfil our potential through the creation of a unified direction for competitive sporting activity and collaborative delivery framework placing the student at the heart of our Sport & Active Wellbeing offer. You will be joining an ambitious, experienced team who are all striving to ensure we fulfil our potential as a longstanding sporting leader within Higher Education sport.
We are keen to hear from candidates who have the ability and ambition to lead on a full review of the University’s Performance Sport offer to establish a clear strategic direction for delivery. You will direct the University Performance Sport offer, including management of external and internal partnerships, creating nationally leading high performance student sport environments and ensuring dual career pathways are at the core of our offer. We are looking for candidates who have proven leadership in a sport environment with experience of the relationship between the higher education sport sector and Student Unions.
Please reach out to Katy Storie, Director of Sport at Katy.We can support with relocation packages for candidates who are looking to relocate from outside of the region.
Student Sport Development
• Working with Director of Sport and in partnership with the CEO of the Students’ Union, contribute to the planning the overall strategic direction for Sport, with a particular focus on ensuring the strategy and operational plan for student sport compliments and supports the University’s strategic goals and priorities
• Lead on the partnership with Newcastle University Students’ Union supporting student sport club development, providing expertise, strategic guidance and collaborative support to optimise the existing strong relationship
• Develop long term student sport development plans, in collaboration with Newcastle University Students’ Union, including required people, financial and facility resource
• Propose new structures and services to grow and improve our student sport offer, drive efficiency gains and develop innovative solutions to significant problems (staffing and operational)
• ensuring operational plans are cascaded, embedded and delivered by the function, setting and monitoring quality and professional standards
• Reinforce standards by ensuring there are effective systems of recruitment, training, performance management/rewards and personal/team development
• Represent University Sport and Active Wellbeing within the University and in a National/Regional context, deputising for the Director as and when required
• Work in collaboration with other Newcastle University departments on the development of plans and implementation of several projects that have been identified in the strategic plan regarding student sport, ensuring work is integrated and co-ordinated as appropriate
• Represent Sport at internal and external meetings/events/network with colleagues in other institutions to share best practice and capitalise on opportunities to improve the sporting offer at Newcastle
• Student Performance Sport
• Lead on a full review of the University Performance Sport offer, establishing clear strategic direction for delivery, partnerships, funding and recruitment
• Direct the University Performance Sport offer, including management of external and internal partnerships, creating nationally leading high performance student sport environments and ensuring dual career pathways are at the core of our offer
• Working through intermediate managers, lead and encourage a culture across the team of exceptional student experience / inclusive, evidence-based service delivery, and continuous quality improvement
Proven track record of successful leadership in a sport environment delivering on development and performance targets
• Experience in and understanding of the relationship between the HE sport sector and Student Unions
• In depth knowledge and understanding of the structure/organisation of UK Sport, particularly in terms of higher/further education and BUCS
• Demonstrable experience of working in a complex organisation and managing a variety of sport/leisure teams
• Ability to exercise a substantial degree of independent professional responsibility and discretion
• Excellent numeracy skills with evidence of being able to produce and analyse complex source material, information, and data
• Financial awareness including previous experience of setting, managing and monitoring budgets effectively
An active advocate of equality and diversity with experience of being able to use data to identify equality and diversity issues and develop interventions
• Adapts to change and engages key stakeholders in planning ahead
• Embraces our values and leads through those values in order to project and inspire confidence in others
• Sensitivity to and awareness of public relations, commercial confidentiality and competition issues
• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent level qualifications), preferably in sport &/or management discipline


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